Mobile computing has deeply influenced
the lives of almost every human in the world on a
daily basis. In celebration of the 20th anniversary
of Mobicom, Mobicom 2014 features an exciting panel
on the topic of tackling societal grand challenges
using mobile computing. The panel features five
excellent researchers who have had a tremendous
impact on the field of mobile computing over the
years and whose research work has directly addressed
pressing societal problems.

The panel discussion will feature an
in-depth discussion of the grand challenges that we
face in society today and the role of mobile
computing as a frontier platform for addressing
these challenges. The panel will cover both a
retrospective and futuristic perspective where the
retrospective aspects highlight the diverse
contributions of the panelists and the futuristic
aspects will feature of a discussion of their
individual views of what are the next big societal
problems that Mobicom as a community should tackle.

The panelists are:

Sanjit Biswas (Meraki/Cisco)

Gaetano Borriello (University
of Washington)

Prabal Dutta (University of
Michigan)

Dina Katabi (MIT)

Randy H. Katz (UC Berkeley)

Lakshminarayanan Subramanian
(Moderator) (NYU)

Applying the lessons
learnt for navigating the future - a conversation
with the pioneers. Moderated by Victor Bahl
(Microsoft Research)Tuesday, September 9, 19:30-21:30

The great French writer, historian and
philosopher Voltaire once asked, "Is
there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience
of others?" In celebration of the 20th MobiCom
conference, join us for a thought provoking
discussion between pioneers of our field on the
lessons they have lea
rnt over their illustrious career paths that
accelerated the pace of technology adoption and
enabled world-wide societal impact. Learn from our
heroes as they share with us gems of wisdom on how
to choose a great problems, what to avoid and how to
be successful as you build your own remarkable
careers.